Organized retail crime is evolving beyond shoplifting to cargo theft, fraud, and porch piracy, costing retailers billions and ...

In 2019, Albany effectively legalized shoplifting by setting a thousand-dollar minimum value for felony charges. Combined with the collapse of proactive policing in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd ...

KGW has heard from Portland-area retailers frustrated by perpetual shoplifting problems. Retailers say the costs get passed onto consumers, who pay higher prices because of shoplifters. Police and ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Shoplifting rates in the three largest U.S. cities — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — remain higher ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The holiday season brings a spike in shoplifting, with organized retail crime groups posing the biggest challenge to retailers and law enforcement. These groups, known as boosters, ...

Self-checkout takes work once done by retail employees and makes consumers do it. That's something many retail chains try to sell as a positive, rather than a spending cut. "Self-checkout technology ...

No more five-finger discounts. The NYPD is beating back shoplifting — taking repeat offenders out of commission to help bring retail theft down by 20% so far this year, police officials told The Post ...

Figures from Retailers Against Crime (RAC) highlighted a rise in shoplifting incidents and losses to retailers between 2024 ...

It’s been a little over two years since three police departments — Daly City, San Bruno and San Mateo — started a joint task force to combat increasing levels of organized retail theft. The program, ...

The Bakersfield Police Department’s Organized Retail Theft Unit recently ended an investigation into a serial retail theft ...

Good news! Precision policing, tweaks to the law and a renewed commitment to prosecuting recidivists have driven down retail theft by 20% citywide, proving that time-honored public safety strategies ...